I wanted to check out Lucy Pearman after she was nominated
for Best Newcomer. This was a really inventive, interesting, at times slightly
disturbing show but a show that kept you hanging, never quite knowing where it
was going to go.
Maid of Cabbage is about Lucy trying to find the perfect
cabbage for the lady of the house at which she is employed. The male employer is
a particularly grotesque papier-mâché puppet and throughout the show he pops up, a
devil like entity, as Lucy navigates through the audience and the peculiar quaint
fantasy world.
Audience participation is deliberately awkward and Lucy
Pearman does well with controlling the confusion.
It was certainly a Fringe show, and a real spectacle to
behold – it had a fitting venue in the Monkey Barrel Club, known for its more alternative
acts. It’ll be interesting to see what unsettling fantasies she’ll make in the
future.
Venue: Monkey Barrel Comedy Club
Score: 7/10
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